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A microbial biocontrol agent that can be...

A microbial biocontrol agent that can be used to control butterfly caterpillars is

A

Saccharomyces cerevuisiae

B

Bacillus thuringiensis

C

Streptococcus sp

D

Trichoderma sp

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B
Biopesticides are those biological agents that are used for control of weeds, insects and pathogens. The microorganisms used as biopesticides are viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi and mites. Some of the biopesticides are being used at a commercial scale. most important example is the soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Spores of this bacterium produce the insecticidal cry protein. Therefore, spores of this bacterium kill larvae of insects which eat them.
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